> In message <9810160027.AA10060@unicode.org>
> Murray Sargent <murrays@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Donald's UTF-8 file should begin with a UTF-8 BOM in order to identify it
> > as a UTF-8 encoded file. The starting bytes should be 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF.
> > These bytes are discarded when reading the file in and added when writing
> > the file out.
> >
>
> Don't be silly. It might be helpful to do so for some applications that
> attempt to autodetect encodings, but it's not necessary.
>
> What Donald did do wrong (or rather his software/OS did) was to label the
> attachment as:
>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; name=MES
>
> That totally scuppers display of the attachment in a charset-aware mail
> reader.